Stephen Colbert Slams Donald Trump With Jokes That Allude To The KKK & Slave-Owning

By Meghan O'Keefe @megsokay
Published June 7, 2016, 10:15 a.m. ET

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Stephen Colbert has made no attempt on to hide the fact that he isn’t a big fan of Donald Trump. Jokes are frequently made at the Republican Presidential candidate’s expense on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. However in last night’s monologue, Colbert’s jokes about Trump were downright scathing.

Colbert — refreshed from a recent 10 day hiatus — started the monologue off in earnest with some jibes about Burger King’s new Whopperrito. But then he tore into Trump with jokes that ripped his intelligence and racism, calling the mogul’s own recent statements to the press, “Proof Donald Trump doesn’t like Mexico and can’t name another country.”

However, the most scathing parts came with Colbert alluded to Trump’ record of offending just about every major demographic — except for white supremacists and the KKK. He cheekily checked off all the groups Trump has offended and offered a solution that wound up being quite an indictment:

“Trump’s point is he cannot be judged by a member of any group he has offended. So that means no Mexican judges, no Muslim judges, no Asian judges, no women judges — unless she’s a ‘ten.’ Trump’s insulted the Pope, so no Catholic judges. He called everyone in Iowa ‘stupid,’ so no judges that eat corn. You know what? Maybe Trump might be more comfortable if he couldn’t tell the judge’s race or gender. Maybe cover the judge up in an unbiased robe. Make it a white robe — maybe with a matching hood. That seems about right. Don’t know who it is!”

Then, Colbert doubled down on Trump’s racism by comparing his recent controversial comments about “my African-American” at a rally with Thomas Jefferson’s history of slave-owning.

Colbert said, “Trump did say he was going to start acting ‘presidential,’ and ‘Look at my African-American’ does sound like something Thomas Jefferson might have said.”

If these are the salvos the late night host is lobbing against Trump in June, then it looks like we’re in for quite the election year.

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